University of Colorado Chancellor Phil DiStefano vowed to press on and find the right man to lead the football program after Cincinnati coach Butch Jones turned down the Buffs' five-year, $2.7 million offer today.

DiStefano has participated in the last two searches for a head coach when the school hired Dan Hawkins in 2005 and Jon Embree in 2010. He and athletic director Mike Bohn are searching for a coach to turn around a program that was routed in more than half its games this season and hasn't produced a winning season since 2005 under former coach Gary Barnett.

“Amid the very competitive environment for college coaches right now, it is vital for CU to get the right fit: a coach who can take our program to new levels of success, who embodies and endorses our values, and who is committed to taking us to the highest levels of competition in the Pac-12 Conference," DiStefano said in a statement released by the school. "We are not deterred in our process of finding this special coach and our search continues.”

Bohn has not commented publicly since his top target turned down the offer this morning after talking with CU for nearly a week.

It is unclear who CU officials will turn to next, but they are believed to be interested in talking to Fresno State coach Tim DeRuyter, who only has one year of head coaching experience, and Mike MacIntyre, who has been the head coach at San Jose State the past three seasons.

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